When e-filing 1099 forms via Quick Employer Forms, are you able to e-file each form independently? Or, is it required to e-file all forms at once?

[josh-ebert]

In other words, can you e-file for each contractor as you have their individual forms ready, or does the option "close" after you perform an e-filing? I'm waiting on one contractor to verify a change of address, but I'd like to go ahead and file the ones that are ready. I'm worried it's a "one and done" option.

[Critter · Accepted solution]

Ok ... you can print the ones you have already finished  and send them out ... then when you have the last piece of info you can efile them all at once  to the feds. 

[josh-ebert]

Thanks for such a speedy reply! Your suggestion is actually the route I started to go, but I was worried some of my more gung-ho contractors might file their returns the minute I get them their 1099's. Do you know if it's an issue if a contractor files before an employer does? Thanks a mil!

[Critter]

There is no problem since the IRS will not compare what they report and what you file for at least a year ... and they really don't need your 1099 to file at all if they kept good income records of their own.

[Critter]

And FYI ...you are not an employer and  they are NOT your employees if you issue 1099s ... they are sub contractors   ... If you had employees then you have to issue a W-2.

[josh-ebert]

Great! Thanks a bunch. This makes me feel so much better. And the point is well-noted regarding the contractor/employee designation. I was just failing to grasp a quick word for "hirer of contractors." I guess I'm the "payer" or "owner"– NOT the employer. 😃 Thanks again!

[eric_l]

I'm not sure I trust what TurboTax says about their Quick Employer Forms.  If you enter data, it might disappear instead of being saved (as promised).

On about January 10, 2020, I (eventually) figured out how to enter payee data at the TurboTax web pages for eventual printing and eFiling of IRS Forms 1099-MISC (block 7, NEC Compensation) due tomorrow, January 31, 2020.  [For my 2019 returns, I upgraded to TTax Home & Business -- specifically because I wanted the advertised ability to eFile my 1099-MISC forms and know that my current 2019 data would be saved online for quick & easy transfer to next year.]

(1) It turned into a time-wasting hassle to (eventually) discover that the ability to enter 1099-MISC info via the online web pages could NOT be accessed from my freshly-created and therefore existing 2019 TTax file in my desktop computer. Instead, when first opening TTax I had to click the "Start a new return" button and from there choose to enter 1099-MISC (or W2, etc.) data. That worked and I manually entered data for about 30 payees. I chose not to eFile at that time (TTax FAQs explain that my data would be saved online for later eFiling and for transfer to next year). Instead of immediately eFiling, I opted to wait until the end of January (i.e., today, 01/30/2020) in case errors needed to be corrected before eFiling. [NOTE -- There was NO "sign out" link or button available on any of the screens that appeared for me, so I simply closed the browser window. Chrome browser.]

(2) Today, 01/30/2020, I am trying to get back to my previously-entered 1099-MISC data that is supposed to be stored someplace within my online account at TTax ... ... ... and, after successfully logging in with my username and password, I cannot find any of my previously-entered data. The option to enter brand new data appears, but NO saved data from a couple of weeks ago. AARRGGH! A link to previously-saved data does NOT appear when I use the "Start a new return" button when TTax first loads. I cannot find a link to my already-entered data when I go back into my already-started 2019 tax file that's stored in my desktop computer. AARRGGH!

Now I wonder why I wasted my time and money upgrading my TTax product so that I could (supposedly) enter and eFile 1099-MISC forms via TTax to the IRS.